UNJUST DESERTS


MUM NOTCHES UP 165th OFFENCE ON HER RECORD AFTER DAMAGING A TAXI IN STOKE-ON-TRENT


Drunken Lucy Baggaley damaged a taxi after her concerned cabbie drove her to a police custody centre and raised the alarm. The 29-year-old mum has 81 previous convictions for 165 offences. Her latest conviction came when she was arrested outside the Northern Area Custody Facility, in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, on suspicion of criminal damage at 3.50am on July 16. Now Baggaley has been hit with a £240 court bill at North Stafford- shire Justice Centre. Prosecutor Suzanne Swindail said: “The taxi driver said his customer in the back of his vehicle was acting strangely and he didn’t know what to do so he brought her


to the custody


facility. She be- came aggressive and pushed the rear of the pas- senger seat and ripped the centre console out. “Police arrived to assist the driver. She refused to pay for the damage and was arrested.” Baggaley, of Silverdale, pleaded guilty to criminal damage. The offence placed her in breach of a 28-day suspended prison sentence for a separate criminal damage offence. Mike Kimberley, mitigating, said: “She went out in the town centre to binge drink. She became unwell


and said she wanted to be sick. The taxi driver took her to the Northern Area Custody Facility. “He got out of the car. She panicked. She pulled the seat and grabbed the centre console which gave way. “She made a full and frank admission. She was intoxicated and had little recollection of what had taken place.” Magistrates ordered Baggaley to pay £100 compensation. She was fined £100 for breaching the suspended sentence and ordered to pay a £40 surcharge. She was warned that any further offending before the suspended sentence expires in December will lead to her being sent to jail.


FINE FOR PASSENGER’S VICIOUS FIRE EXTINGUISHER ATTACK ON ABERDEEN CABBIE


A reveller who vomited in a taxi went on to brutally assault the driver with a fire extinguisher after being told he’d have to pay to clean it up. Ross Dunbar, 25, struck the cabbie over the head as he was being driven home from a nightclub on Christmas Eve. Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told that Dunbar has no memory of his violent actions because he was so drunk at the time. Fiscal depute Claire Stewart told the court that Dunbar was picked up by a taxi outside Soul Bar on Union Street at around 4am. When the driver looked in his rearview mirror, he saw Dunbar vomiting in the back of the taxi and said he’d have to pay a £50 cleaning fee.


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“At this time the accused refused to pay by card but said he would pay in cash at home,” Ms Stewart said. “The driver con- tinued driving and as he negotiated a bend he looked back and the accused struck him in the face with the vehicle’s fire extinguisher.” The driver slammed on the brakes and pulled over before fleeing the vehicle for his own safety. Dunbar then walked away as the driver contacted police. The taxi driver was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where


glue was required to close the laceration on his face. Dunbar, from Aberdeen, pleaded guilty to one charge of assault. Defence


solicitor, Christopher


Maitland, said: “Obviously, this is a serious matter and having looked through the evidence, Mr Dunbar feels terrible about what he did and knows he must be punished.” Sentencing Dunbar, Sheriff Margaret Hodge took into account his lack of criminal record and his subsequent remorse. “However, I’m concerned there is no real excuse for this violent unprovoked attack,” she added. Dunbar was fined £520 and ordered to pay £250 compensation to the driver.


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